HEALTH RESEARCH, WRITING AND TRANSLATION IN NORWEGIAN

OBJECTIVE Tudor Reilly Health (TRH), a specialist healthcare communications agency, wants to hire a freelance health researcher / writer in Norway to check some Norwegian translation work and to carry out some local research for on-going health-related assignments. JOB SPECIFICATION Your core activities may involve one more of the following: - Researching, writing and curating healthcare-related content - Checking the quality of some clinical trial-related materials translated into Norwegian (the materials will already have been translated from English to Norwegian, and we would like you to verify that this has been done accurately and in the style of native Norwegian speakers) - Building an understanding of selected diseases, to be advised by TRH, in particular their impact on the lives of patients, their families and their carers - Identifying key national and local patient advocacy groups in Norway, and keeping up to date with their activities and communications - Monitoring of news and developments related to selected diseases in Norway, principally from online sources, including research and new treatments - Monitoring of important advances in medical research that may benefit people affected by the selected diseases - Using the information gathered to create helpful, authoritative and engaging content in the form of blogs and posts for social media channels, such as Facebook and Twitter The successful candidate may be asked to carry out more work on this project, and additional work for TRH, at a later date. FREELANCER PROFILE Candidates should: - Be native speakers of Norwegian, with a good command of English - Have experience writing on health issues for a general audience, for example from past work in journalism or other communications roles - Have strong verbal communication skills, including a good telephone manner - Ideally, be familiar with the drug development process PRE-AWARD TEST As part of TRH's evaluation of freelancers, candidates will be required to complete a competency test reflecting the type of work they will typically conduct. Full details of the test will be supplied separately on application. Candidates will NOT be paid for time spent completing the test. PAYMENT Once candidates are selected, agreed project work will be reimbursed through oDesk at an hourly rate of USD$90. DEADLINE TRH will invite applications from interested freelancers until 27 February 2014.